One of the S&P 500’s big winners for Monday February 15 was Avon Products Inc. (AVP) as the company’s stock climbed 20.53% to $3.17 on volume of 10.54 million shares.

The stock opened at $2.76 and saw an intraday low of $2.75 and an intraday high of $3.26. All told, the day saw a per-share gain of $0.54. The stock’s average daily volume of 10.7 million and 435.4 million shares outstanding. Avon Products Inc. now has a 50-day SMA is $3.44 and 200-day SMA is $4.62, and it has a 52-week high of $9.47 and a 52-week low of $2.21.

Avon Products Inc is the manufacturer and marketer of beauty and related products. The Company operates in Latin America; Europe, Middle East & Africa; North America; and Asia Pacific.

Based out of New York, NY, Avon Products Inc. has 33,200 employees and, after today’s trading, reached a market cap of $1.38 billion. Its P/S ratio is 0.22, P/B ratio is -1.77, and P/FCF ratio is -37.1.

The S&P 500 represents the industry standard for large-cap indices. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) may be the most visible stock market index in the country, the S&P 500 has long been relied on by industry insiders and fund managers as the more reliable gauge of portfolio performance.

While the DJIA is price-weighted and only includes 30 stocks, the S&P 500 uses a weighting system that factors in market cap and the size of a company’s free float while including some 500 stocks for a more comprehensive look at the broader markets’ performance. Its performance is far more representative of the large- and mega-cap stocks for any period of time.

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